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08-22-2007, 05:20 PM
If the Presidential elections were to take place today, President Leonel Fernandez would receive 42.3% of the vote, Miguel Vargas Maldonado would get 35.3% and Amable Aristy Castro 14.1%, according to the 9-13 August Gallup poll published in Hoy newspaper. The Dominican constitution requires a 50%+1 vote for a candidate to win in the first round.
In a second round, absolute majority is enough to win. The same poll found that the PLD candidate is most popular in the eastern region (53.5%), followed by the Santo Domingo metropolitan area (47.1%), the southwestern region (40.7%), and the northern region (35.3%).
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In a second round, absolute majority is enough to win. The same poll found that the PLD candidate is most popular in the eastern region (53.5%), followed by the Santo Domingo metropolitan area (47.1%), the southwestern region (40.7%), and the northern region (35.3%).
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)